रथनीडस्तु षट्त्रिंशल्लक्षयोजनायतस्तत्तुरीयभागविशालस्तावान् रविरथयुगो यत्र हयाश्छन्दोनामान: सप्तारुणयोजिता वहन्ति देवमादित्यम् ॥ १५ ॥
ratha-nidas tu sat-trimsal-laksa-yojanayatas tat-turiya-bhaga-visalas tavan ravi-ratha-yugo yatra hayas chando-namanah saptaruna-yojita vahanti devam adityam.
- ratha-nidah
- the interior of the chariot
- tu
- but
- sat-trimsat-laksa-yojana-ayatah
- 3,600,000 yojanas long
- tat-turiya-bhaga
- one quarter of that measure (900,000 yojanas)
- visalah
- having a width
- tavan
- so much also
- ravi-ratha-yugah
- the yoke for the horses
- yatra
- where
- hayah
- horses
- chandah-namanah
- having the different names of Vedic meters
- sapta
- seven
- aruna-yojitah
- hooked up by Arunadeva
- vahanti
- carry
- devam
- the demigod
- adityam
- the sun-god
My dear King, the carriage of the sun-god’s chariot is estimated to be 3,600,000 yojanas (28,800,000 miles) long and one-fourth as wide (900,000 yojanas, or 7,200,000 miles). The chariot’s horses, which are named after Gayatri and other Vedic meters, are harnessed by Arunadeva to a yoke that is also 900,000 yojanas wide. This chariot continuously carries the sun-god.